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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456802203321

Titolo

Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Considine and Giovanni Iamartino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-282-19097-0

9786612190971

1-4438-0721-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ConsidineJohn (John P.)

IamartinoGiovanni

Disciplina

423.028

Soggetti

English language - Lexicography - History

Lexicography - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Words and dictionaries from the British Isles in historical perspective brings together a wide range of current work on English-language lexicography and lexicology by a team of twelve contributors working in England, continental Europe, and North America. Fredric Dolezal's opening essay offers a provocative discussion of how the history of English lexicography has been, and might in the future be, written. The next four papers deal with the medieval and early modern periods: Carter Hailey i...